Mogeely Vintage Club will host their 12th Annual Vintage Festival on Sunday the 17nd July. To date the club has raised over €160,000 for charities including ACT, Marymount Hospice, CASA, Midleton Community Hospital, Irish Wheelchair Association, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Due to the difficulties in raising funds being experienced by all charities and organisations in the current economic climate Mogeely Vintage Club has decided this year to donate proceeds from the event to three charities, Midleton Community Hospital, Enable Ireland Cork and the Irish Kidney Association.

This years festival will take place in Mogeely Community grounds and will commence with the parade of a steam engine lead by a piper through the village of Mogeely to the vintage field at 2pm on Sunday the 17th July followed by the events official opening by the clubs great friends “The Bachelors in Trouble” from Waterford.

Year after year the number and variety of vintage tractors, cars, motor bikes and engines goes from strength to strength with in excess of 500 exhibits expected this year. One of the striking aspects of this years festival is the list of varied attractions that the committee have lined up yet again. The Old Time Threshing will take pride of place where we will be able to reminisce to bygone days. Live music throughout the day will be provided by the ever popular Pa Daly with a specially prepared dancing stage available for those who wish to dance the day away. Other attractions on the day will include baby show, dog show, best dressed lady, slow tractor race and barrel race. Also this year the committee are introducing sheave throwing, tractor balancing, trailer reversing & speed car wheel changing. For kids there will be bouncy castles, amusements and  pony rides with the highlight being the kids sports for all ages.

This year the festival committee have also  introduced events on the Saturday night (16th July) which include a Vintage Car and Tractor run which departs Mogeely at 7pm and travels through the local villages of Castlemartyr and Killeagh before returning to Mogeely. This is then followed by an interpub 5 a-side tug-of-war in the local Community grounds at 8pm. There is great interest in this event and it should not be missed!!

As the festival approaches it is a big well done to the local committee for making this event possible. Judging by the professional and dedicated attitude of this terrific group of people, the Mogeely Vintage Festival looks set to be another great success this year. The committee would like to pay special tribute to their many sponsors and the local community for its overwhelming support and like to extend a warm welcome to you all to the weekends events.

The officers and committee are: Denis Hennessy (Chairman), Tom Hickey (Vice Chairman), John Kelleher (Secretary), Will Leahy (Treasurer), Pat Doherty (Safety Officer),  Trevor Fleming, Moss Fleming, Denny John Scanlon, T.J Carew, John Sheehan, Tony Cashel, Peter Lawton, Tom Crotty, Pat Shanahan, Dominic Cashman, Hugh Keane, Michael Butler, Keith Walsh, Tom Walsh, Stephen Butler, Jim Scannell, Billy Walsh, Denis Mulcahy, Jim Behan, Dan Costigan, James Cashman, Tadhg O’Loughlin, Jim McCarthy, Sheila Hennessy

So come along and see for yourself – lets make this years festival the best yet!

5.27 pm Tuesday 26th Jan
URGENT NOTICE FOR THIS WEEK - news just in from Brideview Drama Tues

Due to a sudden and very unfortunate family loss for some of the cast of Brideview Drama’s show, ‘Tom Dick & Harry’, THIS THURSDAY NIGHT’S (Jan 28th) PERFORMANCE IS CANCELLED.

The shows planned for this Friday and Saturday nights will go ahead (Jan 29 and 30).

Many apologies for the very late notice, but this sad news is just in.

regards

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Vanessa Hyde
PRO
Brideview Drama, Tallow
Co Waterford, Ireland
087 6733 782

Need a great show this Saturday night coming????

After a cracking show in Cork – a full house and standing ovation from the audience! – Bideview Drama bring their great New York play ‘Pied a Terre’ to Kilworth, Co Cork (near Fermoy) this Saturday night, Dec 5, at 8PM. All welcome!

This is the Irish premiere of the play by John Anastasi. Directed by Jack Aherne, with set design by Mary Sheehan, Stage
Management by Judy Burton, lighting by John Roche and makeup by Celine Earl, there is much to enjoy in this very modern drama. Pied a Terre is set in today’s New York and is about Jack (played by Eddie Kelly), Julia (Vanessa Hyde) and Katie (Irene Kelleher). There are lots of interesting plot-twists, laughs and dramatic moments to enjoy throughout – a very modern
love-triangle! Tickets available on the door.
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Vanessa Hyde
PRO
Brideview Drama, Tallow
Co Waterford, Ireland
087 6733 782

A huge well done and congratulations to all involved in Brideview Drama’s 1-Act comedy, ‘The Loaded Dog’. With 5 performances completed at various Munster 1-Act Drama Festivals, the group did very well with prizes.

Behind the scenes the three actors had much help from members of the group. Patrick Smith, Orla Devlin and John O’Dea had great fun rehearsing and performing the play, and entertaining audiences. Matthew Kavanagh was congratulated on many occasions for his soundscape, sound effects and lighting plot. Monica Murphy did excellent work as Stage Manager and the play benefitted from all sorts of props and advice provided by Jack Aherne.

This silly, exhausting, full-action comedy went to five festivals during November: Ballincollig (where it came second), Rossmore, Haulbowline, Cork (at the Cat Club) and Castlelyons (where it won the Best Play award – nice one for the director, James Hyde). Patrick won a very well-deserved Best Actor award at Castlelyons (plus two nominations for the same award at other festivals). Orla got a nomination for Best Actor in Cork (great for someone on their first outing on the national circuit, and competing at ‘Open’ level), and John was admired by many for his very good vocal delivery.

Meanwhile Brideview’s “Festival” 3-Act play for 2010, “Pied a Terre”, directed by Jack Aherne has just completed its second performance – this time at Aghada Community Centre near Midleton.Once again the set looked superb (designed by Mary Sheehan and built by Jack, Eddie, Peter, Judy and Ger) and a large crowd attended despite the horrific weather conditions!The Aghada audience were very appreciative, even though they found sections of the story rather “saucy” (they had forgotten to say “Adults Only”, so some younger members sneaked in!), and wished Jack and the excellent cast and crew all the best on the circuit next year. Thanks again to Judy – the speed dresser in the wings, and to John Roche for his support performing the thankless task of sitting in the wings and hanging and re-hanging pictures as required! Next performance is on Thursday December 3rd at the Cork Arts Theatre where we hope to have a full-house attending – come along if you haven’t seen it yet, it is a lovely cosy venue and the cast and crew would appreciate the support! Cork Arts Theatre is on Carroll’s Quay, just across the river from Cork Opera House.

Rehearsals for Brideview’s January 2010 farce “Tom, Dick & Harry” continue apace with David Murphy at the helm. The set is taking shape and doors can be heard slamming (on set!) in the Tallow Community Centre, so audiences can look forward to another energetic, action packed ride. Cast includes; Will Motherway, Sean Tobin, James Hyde, John Roche, Audrey Sheehan, Mary Curley, Emer Martin, Martin Sheehan and Tomas Roche. Stage Management is being ably performed by Sarah Curley (Allen).

Finally, if you want to see hundreds of pictures from David Murphy’s ‘Christening Party’ comedy held back in September in Tallow in aid of the Tallow Community Council, visit the following website (many thanks to Brian Fitzgerald for the photos): http://tallow.myphotoalbum.com.